NHER 15314 (Monument record) - Site of Black Mill or Moulton Mill

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Summary

This windmill is marked on Faden's map of 1797. It was recorded as the oldest mill in Norfolk in the 19th century. It was in use until 1904 and was burnt down in 1930.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TM18NE
Civil Parish GREAT MOULTON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

Site of windmill.
Marked on (S1).
E. Rose (NAU), 25 September 1979.

This was Black Mill or Moulton Mill, said in the late 19th century to be the oldest in Norfolk.
Information from (S2) and [1].

A post mill mentioned as a 'well accustomed windmill' in 1755. Last used 1904. Burnt down in 1930.
Information from [2].
E. Rose (NAU), 23 March 1982.

Despite last statement, the mill is not shown on (S3). The detail on (S4) is not clear enough to locate the mill. The Mill House is in the northwest of the area marked, and the plan of the curtilage as shown on (S3) may suggest the mill was to the northwest of the house.
E. Rose (NLA), 7 April 1995.

  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S1> Publication: Faden, W. and Barringer, J. C. 1989. Faden's Map of Norfolk in 1797.
  • <S2> Archive: Bolingbroke family. 1300's-1960. Bolingbroke Collection. Norfolk Record Office.
  • <S3> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1902-1907. Ordnance Survey Map. 25 inch to the mile. Second Edition. 1:2500.
  • <S4> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1805-1836. Ordnance Survey Map. One inch to the mile. First Edition.

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Record last edited

Jan 18 2011 4:33PM

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